pkgbase: Move of head/etc/ files

[Brad Davis]

On Sat, Aug 4, 2018, at 3:43 AM, Chris H wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Aug 2018 17:54:10 -0600 "Brad Davis" <brd at FreeBSD.org> said
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I want to give some information on what is happening to files in head/etc/
> > and open a discussion.
> > 
> > I am trying to move all config files out of head/etc/ and place them with the
> > source files for the particular use.  For example, some of these are obvious
> > moves like moving say portsnap.conf to usr.sbin/portsnap/portsnap.conf.  The
> > review for this move shows exactly what would happen here:
> > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16554.  For these cases, there are some easy
> > benefits, like:
> > 1) Keeping all files as part of a program together, which makes maintenance
> > for maintainers a little easier.
> > 2) Simplicity, we do not need all the .if ${MK_FOO} lines in etc/Makefile
> > because that is handled a level above the programs Makefile and so one CONFS=
> > line is all that is needed.
> > 3) Easier to avoid bugs where we install things that should not be installed.
> > Like for apmd, we installed apmd.conf on all archs even though it only works
> > on i386.  i.e. we don't have to keep knobs in sync in multiple locations.
> > 
> > Some of the more complicated things to move like etc/shells and the init
> > scripts.  I picked the location of etc/shells based on it being used by
> > getusershell(3) in libc, so it ended up in lib/libc/gen/shells.  The move of
> > the init scripts was based on a few things, including the reasons above, but
> > additionally:
> > 1) Isolating a subcomponent, for example work is happening to bring in
> > OpenRC, so we will have multiple init systems with different types of
> > scripts, so moving them away from head/etc/ keeps them isolated.
> 
> Is the current rc(8) broken? Is OpenRC an intended replacement? How is this
> going to work?

I am not sure what the status or progress is for this.  Probably worth contacting Kris Moore.


Regards,
Brad Davis